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Steep rise in food poisoning cases after eating mid-day meals this year: Data -Anil Ashwani Sharma

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Food poisoning cases in Bihar, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been highest in the last 6 years

Some 979 school students have suffered food poisoning after eating mid-day meals in the first nine months of 2022, according to government data.

The data has been collected by the Union government under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a major health programme that is part of the National Health Mission.

Some 120 students from schools in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar have suffered food poisoning in the last 90 days. These figures are the highest in the last six years.

Schools across the country have now totally eased COVID-19 restrictions and children are being given cooked meals under the mid-day meals scheme. During 2020 and 2021, food grains were given in lieu of cooked food under the scheme.

Some 9,646 cases of food poisoning were reported between 2009 and 2022, data from the IDSP showed.

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